By Ty RaymondMusic Journalist Now more than ever, work gets done at home. Some are fortunate enough to have a quiet environment at their households. However, a lot of people have roommates or kids at home that can make sitting down and focusing on a computer screen difficult. I personally have always been a master at the art of getting distracted. I hear a noise and my mind is instantly […]
By Christopher BrockerAssistant Music Director 6lack, which is pronounced black, is a rapper and R&B singer from Atlanta. The numeral six in his stage name pays homage to the east side of Atlanta called Zone 6. 6lack has a background in battle rapping and he even battled fellow Atlanta native Young Thug in his youth. 6lack began receiving attention for his debut album Free 6lack in 2016. Heavy-hitting tracks such […]
By Christopher BrockerAssistant Music Director Gary Indiana native Freddie Gibbs returns accompanied by a solidified producer, The Alchemist. Gibbs is coming off the highly acclaimed collaboration album Bandana with producer Madlib in 2019. Bandana was easily the biggest Grammy snub for hip hop album of the year last year. Gibbs has been paving out his lane in hip hop and putting together a solid and underrated discography. 1985 The album […]
By Zoe ElterMusic Journalist It’s impossible to fully articulate the experience that is listening to a Phoebe Bridgers song, let alone an entire album. With spectral vocals and bleak lyrics layered over soft-focus production, every piece Bridgers’ puts out resembles a strange lullaby. You know the words are scary, but somehow the truth is what calms you. Tangled in the middle of so much negativity and hardship that seems to […]
By Chinny EgbunaMusic Journalist Centering around what is arguably one of the most out-there album concepts ever, Go to School blends folk, glam-rock, and theatrical flair to tell a wild and winding musical tale. The musical album centers around Shane, a chimpanzee adopted by an infertile human couple, and his struggle to assimilate into a world of judgmental humans. The album focuses on showy and melodramatic numbers, while simultaneously infusing […]
By Ashley FarnieMusic Journalist With only 71 monthly listeners on Spotify, Chicago-based BRIDEY’s undiscovered sound includes influences of alternative and indie rock with an emphasis on lyricism to convey the intricacies of life and love. As the second studio release following their debut album, Honey, in 2019, Pop Diary experiments with more pop-influenced sounds and structures--hence the title-- without straying from the authenticity exhibited in previous releases. The EP cover […]
By Cheyenne YoungMusic Journalist Artist: Mac MillerAlbum: CirclesRelease Date: January 17, 2020Label: Warner Records The first lyric Mac Miller offers us in his posthumous and possibly final studio album, Circles, is a sighing “Well...," setting a somber and melancholic tone. As I sit here grasping at ways to begin this review, writing and erasing, starting and stopping, I find a sighing “Well” may be the perfect place to start. Well, […]
By Rey BanuelosGuest Writer Many of us are continuning to adjust to the stay-at-home orders. I have felt somewhat angry and needed some sort of escapism. As someone who enjoys relishing in the backdrop of hip-hop, I was excited to hear about Lil Durk’s new mixtape Just Cause Y’all Waited 2, released on May 8, 2020. This is a follow up to his previous mixtape Just Cause Y’all Waited. The […]
By James LanikMusic Journalist In 1997, Fiona Apple famously took the stage at the VMAs to accept her award for Best New Artist and simultaneously call out the world as bulls**t. If any moment in time best illustrated her place in the pop music landscape, it's this one. She has spent every moment in the limelight since then subverting the expectations of people around her hoping to be able to […]
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